Tommy Stroot: “Barça can now plan their trip to the final”

BARCELONA, 22 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Wolfsburg coach Tommy Stroot admitted this Friday that Barça “can now plan their trip to the final”, after losing 5-1 in the first leg of the Women’s Champions League semi-finals in a historic match for football female with the amateur record (91,648 spectators).

“Before the match they were favourites, next week it is quite clear that Barça can already plan their trip to the final, but our job will be to show a very different face, we want to win the match,” Stroot said at the post-game press conference. duel.

“All of Barcelona played an excellent game and we have to find the reasons for our own game. Today we lacked courage. The problem is that if you give Barça two meters you give them time to find gaps, as has happened “; said the German coach.

Asked about the pressure from the fans, Stroot pointed out that it is important. “After two minutes we were losing and it already hurts. In an environment like this, with such pressure, this situation has occurred,” he added.

“Having been part of this record and having played at the Camp Nou we take it with us because it has been an experience that will mark us,” said Stroot, who does not believe it is “the last record” of Barça. “In the future there will be even more spectators. It’s fantastic for women’s football,” she said.